Major
Athletic Training is a 56-hour major that includes an intensive clinical experience requirement under the supervision of our certified athletic trainers. Students spend one year of directed observation (200-hours minimum) before making a formal application to the program. Once accepted, the student becomes a member of the athletic training program and is assigned to various sport coverage responsibilities and other affiliated allied health settings. A student will work with male and female, high and low risk sports and receive a wide range of experience in prevention, recognition, management, care and rehabilitation of injuries.
Job Placement
High Schools: This market is expected to expand in the upcoming years as more high schools see the need for quality health care for their athletes. A teaching license is recommend because the athletic trainer will be employed as a teacher in most cases.
Colleges and Universities: The athletic trainer will usually start as an assistant at a large school or head athletic trainer in a smaller one. Most large schools have a head athletic trainer and one or two assistants, one of whom is usually female. Athletic trainers are also employed in these settings as Athletic Training Program Directors for CAATE approved education curriculums.
Professional: This usually involves only one sport, primarily football, basketball, baseball, or hockey. These positions, although prestigious, are more difficult to obtain.
Clinical: Athletic trainers are more frequently being employed as clinicians in sports medicine clinics. Many of these clinics also utilize the athletic trainer to work with local high schools.
Corporate and Industrial: Athletic trainers are also employed in Industrial and Corporate Health Care Programs.
Graduate School
Anderson University is very successful at placing students into graduate assistantship programs, usually at a larger university where the student might get their Master's degree tuition paid along with a stipend. Students have received "G.A.'s" at such schools as Ball State University, East Texas State University, Florida State University, Illinois State University, Kansas State University, Kent State University, Minnesota State University, Miami University of Ohio, Michigan State University, Temple University, University of Akron, University of Missouri, University of Northern Colorado, Ohio University, Florida University, University of Toledo, University of Mississippi, Tennessee Tech, Indiana University, Ohio University, Kansas University and various physical therapy schools.
Tradition
Anderson University has a great tradition of knowledgeable, dedicated, hard-working, athletic training students who have been very successful in their postgraduate and career pursuits. The smaller size of our program enables us to provide quality education and clinical experiences for each student. As a CAATE accredited curriculum, we expose our students to a level of quality instruction, clinical experience and equipment and facilities which are unavailable at most other private institutions. A great majority of our students have gone on to pass the BOC certification exam, receive their Masters degrees, and are professionals working in the field of athletic training and sports medicine. Anderson University is very proud of its curriculum, faculty, students, and facilities, which ranks Anderson University among the finest athletic training programs in the nation.
